Tom Clavin: 18 books
Last Men Out
The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
A “thrilling narrative of bravery, bravado, and loss” (Kirkus Reviews) that tells the “gripping story of a handful of marines who formed the last body of Americans to leave Saigon on April 30, 1975” (Booklist).
In a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently...
Roger Maris
Baseball's Reluctant Hero
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Tom Clavin and Danny Peary chronicle the life and career of baseball’s “natural home run king” in the first definitive biography of Roger Maris—including a brand-new chapter to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his record breaking season.
Roger Maris may be the greatest ballplayer...
by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American history: the story of the Continental Army’s six-month transformation in Valley Forge.
December 1777. It is 18 months after the...
Wild Bill
The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City**.**
In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO—the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation...
The DiMaggios
Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In The DiMaggios, acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin’ Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio, and the Great American Game—baseball—that would consume their lives.
A vivid portrait of a family and the ways in which their shifting fortunes...
Dodge City
Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The instant New York Times bestseller!
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long,...
Sir Walter
Walter Hagen and the Invention of Professional Golf
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
During the Golden Age of Sports in the 1920s, Walter Hagen was to golf what Babe Ruth was to baseball. The first professional golfer to make his living playing the game rather than teaching it, Hagen won eleven major professional tournaments over his long career -- two U.S. Opens, four British Opens,...
Gil Hodges
The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Le gend
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
A legend during the Golden Era of the 1950s, Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player and New York Mets manager Gil Hodges is at the center of this masterful sports biography, which delves into the life, achievements, and sterling character of one of baseball’s most overlooked stars.
Gil Hodges was...
The Heart of Everything That Is
The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
An acclaimed New York Times bestseller, selected by Salon as a best book of the year, the astonishing untold story of the life and times of Sioux warrior Red Cloud: “a page-turner with remarkable immediacy…and the narrative sweep of a great Western” (The Boston Globe).
Red Cloud was the...
The Ryder Cup
Golf's Greatest Event
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Revised and updated, this in-depth look recounts The Ryder Cup’s rich history and venerated place in sports, its champions and its characters, and its status as golf’s greatest grudge match. From its humble origins in 1927 to its place today as golf’s most gentlemanly battle—and a multi-million-dollar...
The Heart of Everything That Is
Young Readers Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
From bestselling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin comes the epic, untold story one of the most powerful Sioux warriors of all time, Red Cloud—now adapted for a younger audience!
“I have but a small spot of land left. The Great Spirit told me to keep it.” —Red Cloud
This young...
One for the Ages
Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Chronicling the unforgettable and improbable triumph of Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters, this celebration recounts how the tarnished Golden Bear,” with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy, won the most prestigious golf tournament for the sixth time at the astonishing age of 46. Though he was...
That Old Black Magic
Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Both a love story and a tribute to the entertainment mecca, this exploration shines a spotlight on one of the hottest acts in Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The illuminating depiction showcases the unlikely duo-a grizzled, veteran trumpeter and vocalist molded by Louis Armstrong and...
Lucky 666
The Impossible Mission
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
“A fast-paced, well-researched…irresistible” (USA TODAY) World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice that reads like Unbroken meets The Dirty Dozen from the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is.
It’s 1942, just after the...
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